Circular Crochet Needles?

Question

Does any one have a pattern that requires circular crochet needles? I am curious as to how these work
Thank you

Answer 1

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Most patterns for these have long since been taken off the web. There are a few different names for the stitches they were used for. Annie's Attic calls it Crochet on the Double. Other people call it "Cro-Hook" or "Crochenit". Here is one site with a few free patterns that use double ended hooks:
http://www.crochetkim.com/catalog/crohoo…
Only the first pattern would require a circular crochet hook.

You will find some patterns here too:
http://www.crochenit.com/free_patterns.h…
They were designed for the hook that is only sold on this site (it's just a large double ended hook). You can do them with either a double ended crochet hook or circular crochet hooks. Be sure and nose around that website a bit, they like people to use the technique called the "bedspread stitch", but it's not necessary.

You can also do Tunisian stitch (aka afghan stitch) project with circular crochet hooks. I am working on one right now actually.

Here are a few more sites (some are for Tunisian crochet):
http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com/dir…
http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com/dir…
http://hmmmk.tripod.com/Crohook.htm
http://www.marloscrochetcorner.com/croch…
http://kimguzman.bravejournal.com/entry/… (scroll down to see what she says about the difference between Tunisian and Cro-Hook stitches.)

~Happy Crocheting!~

Answer 2

I found these pattern books at Annie's Attic website a few years ago, Crochet on The Double. While they have several books using a double ended crochet hook and only a few patterns for the circular needles, I found that most of the patterns can be worked on the circular needles. Basically the theory behind the double ends is like knitting, your making 2 right sides of fabric and there isn't a wrong side. I did find that the crochet takes a bit longer and some of the patterns were not very challenging to work, the results were loved by all those friends and family members who now have a hand crafted original by me!
Good Luck and Enjoy!

Source(s):

http://www.anniesattic.com/crochet/index…
About.com also has free patterns that can be converted and a lot of links can be found.
When I google'd this is the links they came up with too...
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=cro…

Answer 3

Since the piece is not hung on the crochet hooks, why would you need circular? Circular knitting needles are used when knitting sleeves, caps and socks, etc. where you are making a tube an going round and round. They are also more comforntable when going back and forth on a large item that would hang heavily on long straight needles.

Answer 4

Think "afghan stitch".

Alternatively, consider that knitting is done with hooks in many areas of South America. Imagine a cord with one pointed end and one end with a hook. The "busy" end has the hook and one could knit conveniently in that fashion.

There can be a significant "Learning Curve" in training hands to pull loops of thread/yarn through other loops *without* a hook (but with a pin-pointed tool instead).

So, a circular needle with one hook'd end could be used for any circular knitting patterns.